I always appreciate finding inspirational ideas to get me excited again while I play with my camera and macro lens. I want to share with you my favorite 10 tips to get you to take out your camera and get up close & personal with it. Here are my 10 ideas to find macro subjects.
1. Look in Your Kitchen
This is an awesome place to find Macro subjects. You have food, liquids and utensils just waiting for you to grab and photograph!
2. Water Droplets on Glass
You can add oil or soap to create fun droplets and/or put something funky under the glass to draw attention into the drops.
3. Come up with a Theme
Texture is one of the best themes for macro, but any theme will do. Liquids are fun too!
4. Check out Your Car or Find Rust
Cars have very cool lines when you get up close to them and if you have or find an old rusty car…woot! You’ll have a blast with a variety of rust texture to play with!
Rusty Train I found in a Museum.
5. Play with Lighting
Oh wow you can have fun with lighting… light painting is fun! Take your subject in a dark room and paint your subject with a flashlight.
6. Ordinary Objects
I’ve shot lightbulbs, pencils, buttons…look for goodies that have amazing patterns, colors, shapes and lines.
7. Google Your Favorite Subjects
Once you find a subject…Google it. This will give you ideas and plus you can make sure your work is different from the norm.
8. Look for Complimentary Colors
While you’re thinking about what to photograph pay attention to color. You’ll be amazed by subjects that compliment each other. On the color wheel the opposite colors from each other are called complimentary. They work awesome in photographs. If you want to read up on Color Theory. Go for it…knowledge is power…color power!
Orange and Blue – Red and Green…etc… attract our eyes.
09. Go outside in Your Yard
You don’t have to go far to photograph macro. Grass, weeds, flowers, rocks…I can keep going. Just walk around slowly with your lens and look at everything. You’ll find a whole new world, I promise!
10. Have Fun
Yes! Get up close and personal with your subject and photograph it moving that lens all around to see what interests YOU! Make it a fun project…a fun time to create.
Cheers to finding macro inspiration! If you have an idea for us, I’d love it if you shared it in the comment section!
Janice Sullivan
Great inspiration, thanks.
Great inspiration, thanks.
Hello Roy, you’re welcome & thanks for the comment. Means a lot to me 🙂
Hello Roy, you’re welcome & thanks for the comment. Means a lot to me 🙂
Thanks so much for this, Janice!